Talcum-powder box



Oct- 26 I926.

' 1,604,413 J. M. HOTHERSALL TALCUM POWDER BOX Filed Dec. 27.. 1921'mmmm Patented @ct. 26, 1926.

UNETED {T025113} Iii. HOTHERSALL, F BROOKLYN, NEVJ YORK, ASSIGNOR TOAMERICAN CAN COMPANY, OF NEW YORK,

N. Y., A CGRPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

TALC'UIyI-PONIDER BOX.

Application filed December 27, 1921.

This invention relates in general to sifter top containers, and has moreparticular reference to containers adapted for the packaging of talcumpowder and like material.

A principal object of the invention is the provision of a cap for atalcum powder can provided with a gasket secured in place inparticularly effective and inexpensive manner, for preventing leakagewhen the can is closed.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a cap of thischaracter which may be formed with a more simple form of tools thanthose ordinarily employed in operating upon articles of this type.

Numerous other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparentas it is better unnerstood from the following description, which, takenin connection with the accompanying drawings, discloses a preferredembodiment thereof.

Referring to the drawings,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a container in which my invention isembodied;

is an enlarged top plan view of a portion thereof;

3 is a transverse sectional View taken through the cap, showing one ofthe metal rivets prior to being brought to final form; and

Fig. i is a transverse section through the cap, showing it secured uponthe neck of the container with the metal rivets brought to final form.

On the drawings, which illustratethe invention, I have shown a talcumpowder can of preferred-form, comprising a body 11, a top 12 permanentlysecured thereto at 13 in any approved manner, and a cap 14, to behereinafter described in detail. The reference character 15 indicates aneck struck inwardly from the top portion 12, and it will be understoodthat said neck is provided with a perforated top portion generallyindicated by the reference character 16. The cap 1a is provided with adepending and intnrned flange 17 engaging the neck, which may beshouldered for this purpose, if de sired, and is adapted for rotationlimited by a stud 18 projecting upwardly from the top portion 16 andextending into a segmental slot 19 in the cap.

The cap 14 is provided with spaced perforations 21 and has seatedtherein a gas- Serial No. 524,925.

ket 22 which preferably is of felt, paper or other soft material, andwhich is perforated correspondingly with the metal top of the cap. Saidperforations 21 are formed by a piercing instrument which forces themetal of the cap inwardly, forming projections 23 which are turned back,as indicated in Fig. 4, to secure the gasket 22 against the top of thecap, the metal projections 23 about the perforations thus being formedinto rivets clamping the gasket in position.

In the practice of my invention no adhesive or other special securingmeans are required and the projections 23 maybe readily riveted backupon the gasket 22 to hold it in place.

Furthermore, the perforations 21 may be made by a simple piercinginstrument, thus dispensing with the usual two-part die used forpiercing perforations in the ordinary type of sifter top containers.Thus cheap ness in manufacture and effectiveness in service areattained, the gasket 22, when so positioned, serving to prevent anypowder from working its way to the perforations in the cap when thecontainer is closed.

It is thought that the invention and many of its attendant advantageswill be understood from the foregoing description, and it will beapparent that various changes may be made in the form, construction andarrangement of the parts without departing from the spirit and scope ofthe invention or sacrificing all of its material advantages, the formhereinbefore described being merely a preferred embodiment thereof.

1 claim:

1. A sifter top container, comprising a body, a neck having a perforatedtop portion, and a cap engaging said neck and having an internal gasketsecured in place by metal of the cap struck inwardly in piercing saidcap and gasket to form outlet perforations.

2. A sifter top container, comprising a body, a neck having a perforatedtop portion, and a cap engaging said neck and having an internal gasketriveted in place by underturned metal of the cap struck in war lly inpiercing said cap and gasket to form outlet perforations.

3. A cap for sifter top containers, comprising a metal body and a gasketseated therein, said body and said gasket being perforated and saidgasket being secured in integral parts of said body extending place bythe metal turned under from said through said gasket and clinching thesame body in forming the perforations. to said body.

a. A cap for sifter top containers, oom- 5. A sifter top container,comprising a 15 5 prising a metal body having a depending body, a neckhaving a perforated top porflange adapted to snap over a neck orshoultion, and a cap frictionally engaging said der part of a container;perforations in the neck and being rotatable thereon, said cap topportion of said body, a gasketof soft being provided with perforationsand havmaterial in said body and protected by the ing a gasket securedtherein by the metal 20 .10 flange thereof, perforations in said gasket,displaced in forming said perforations.

said gasket being secured to said body by JOHN M. HOTHERSALL.

